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PARIS, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – Consumer watchdog Foodwatch said it was filing a legal complaint Wednesday against food giant Nestle and another group over them allegedly fraudulently treating water for their top mineral water brands. A government probe reported by media last month said about 30 percent of mineral water sold in France had undergone purification treatment only meant to be used on tap water. Foodwatch said it was lodging its complaint with a […]
By Clare BYRNE PARIS, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – From the town of Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces in February after a brutal battle that recalled the fight for Bakhmut, to Valery Zaluzhny, the popular army chief who was fired by Zelensky, here are some of the words that defined year two of the war in Ukraine. A – AVDIIVKA The capture of the eastern town of Avdiivka — the biggest win for Russian […]
By Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – Former US President George W. Bush believed he had a “sense of his soul”. British ex-premier Tony Blair thought he deserved a place at the “top table”. And French President Emmanuel Macron invited him for hours of talks at his official holiday residence. For much of President Vladimir Putin’s two-and-a-half decades in power, Western leaders thought they understood the strategy of the Kremlin leader and argued […]
The human cost of the war in Ukraine, two years after the Russian invasion, is in the hundreds of thousands, but the exact toll is unknown, with both sides shrouding their losses in secrecy, and Russia covering up civilian deaths in areas it has conquered. – Civilian toll unknown – Official tolls of civilians killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, are unreliable as no independent count has been made […]
TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 (AFP) – Hirotake Yano, the Japanese 100-yen shop pioneer and founder of the Daiso chain, has died, the company said. The billionaire “passed away due to heart failure at the age of 80 in Hiroshima” on February 12, Daiso said in a statement on Monday. After unsuccessful stints at his father-in-law’s fish business and peddling encyclopedias, Yano started selling goods from a street stall in 1972. Five years later, tired of […]
By Shrouq TARIQISLAMABAD, Feb 20, 2024 (AFP) – Social media platform X was disrupted across Pakistan for a third day on Tuesday, after a general election marred by allegations of rigging. The platform was downed on Saturday night when a senior government official made a public admission of vote manipulation in the February 8 polls. “X has been inaccessible in Pakistan (since Saturday), because it is used by the public to protest,” Usama Khilji, a […]
Sweden said Tuesday it would give 7.1 billion kronor ($682 million) worth of military equipment to Ukraine, in a boost for the country as it struggles to fight off Russia’s invasion. “The reason we are continuing to support Ukraine is a matter of humanity and decency. Russia started an illegal, unprovoked and indefensible war,” Defence Minister Pal Jonson told a news conference. The package will consist of artillery shells, air defence, boats and underwater weapons […]
SEOUL, Feb 20, 2024 (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, as the two countries bolster ties in areas from tourism to defence. Kim was “presented with a car made in Russia for his personal use by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation”, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. Kim’s powerful sister, Yo Jong, said the “gift serves […]
KABUL, Feb 19, 2024 (AFP) – A landslide caused by heavy snowfall has killed 25 people and injured eight others in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a disaster management ministry spokesman said on Monday. Earth, snow and rubble swept through the village of Nakre in the Tatin valley of Nuristan overnight on Sunday. “As a result of the landslide, some 25 people have been killed and eight injured,” spokesman Janan Sayeq said in a […]
PARIS, Feb 19, 2024 (AFP) – A host of European governments Monday summoned Russian diplomats following the prison death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said during a visit to Argentina that Russia’s ambassador in Paris would be summoned, while Norway’s foreign ministry issued a statement that it was calling on its top Russian diplomat “for a talk” about Navalny’s death. “In the conversation, Norwegian views will be conveyed about […]
SYDNEY, Feb 20, 2024 (AFP) – Australia on Tuesday outlined a decade-long plan to double its fleet of major warships and boost defence spending by an additional US$7 billion, in the face of a quickening Asia-Pacific arms race. Under the plan, Australia will get a navy of 26 major surface combatant ships, up from 11 today. “It is the largest fleet that we will have since the end of the Second World War,” said Defence […]
JERUSALEM, Feb 19, 2024 (AFP) – Israel’s military on Monday published new images and voiced concern about a mother and her two boys — including a baby who is the youngest hostage held by Palestinian militants in Gaza. Hamas announced in November that all three had been killed in an Israeli bombardment but the Israeli authorities have not confirmed the claim. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said they were “concerned for the welfare” of Shiri Bibas, […]
